LAHORE: The Special Federal Court of Customs Taxation and Anti Smuggling adjourned hearing of the case filed against accused Mohammad Sarwar who was arrested from Sialkot International Airport.
According to details accused Mohammad Sarwar was travelling from South Africa to Sialkot was checked by the customs officials deputed at Sialkot airport. Customs team during search of his luggage found 30 costly mobile phones hidden in baggage of Muhammad Sarwar.
Customs team arrested the accused and produced him before customs court for physical remand but customs judge denied the request of customs investigation team for physical remand and send him to jail for judicial trial.
Muhammad Sarwar also filed a petition for his post arrest bail that has also adjourned because of unavailability of prosecutor of the court.
On other hand the Customs Court adjourned hearing of 16 cases related to customs matters. During the hearing of most of the cases, the counsels for the accused persons requested the court to postpone the hearing of their respective cases for preparation of arguments on which the court adjourned the hearings of cases for different dates.
According to the cause list, three out of 16 cases were fixed for formal hearing filed against accused namely Shehzad, Abdullah Tariq Fateemi and others. Pre arrest bail pleas were also scheduled for the day that the court has also adjourned for next hearing.
The court has also adjourned hearing of the cases involving narcotics, tax evasion, and customs matters. Cases from Faisalabad, Lahore, Gujranwala and Multan were also scheduled for hearing.
